Linus+Torvalds

 Linus Torvalds

**Introduction ** Linus Torvalds was born December 28, 1969 in Helsinki, Finland. Linus was influenced in great part by his maternal grandfather who was the first to introduce Torvalds to a computer[1]. In the mid 1970s his maternal grandfather became the owner of a Commodore Vic 20, which Linus took no time in breaking it down and analyzing all of its programs[2].In 1887, Linus purchased a Sinclair QL, which he quickly became tired of because of its outdated operating system[3]. In 1988, Torvalds began to attend the University of Helsinki where his primary focus of study was computer science.  In 1991, Torvalds bought an IBM personal computer with a [|MS-DOS] operating system[4]. To Torvalds dismay, the operating system was still not as advanced as he had hoped for and therefore, he began using [|MINIX]. Torvalds also found disadvantages with MINIX and decided to create his own operating system August of 1991. Soon, Linus had developed the Linux kernal, also known as version 0.01 of Linux, which had 10,000 lines of code[5]. Torvalds decided to place Linux under the GPL because he wanted others to collaborate and make Linux the best operating system it could be by keeping the source code open.Many programmers and businesses took notice in Linux for its realibility and speed. By 1999, Linux had over 12 million users. Business such as Redhat, use Linux as a platform for their software. Linus Torvalds contribution has been revolutionary for open source and the free software movement. It became the operating system that prevailed and gained popularity in the computer world.
 * The Beginning of Linux ** 

**Linus Torvalds Today ** In 2002, Linus Torvalds developed [|Git], "an open source version control system designed to handle very large projects with speed and efficiency... "[6]. Torvalds has been currently working for [|Open Source Development Lab], whose mission is to "[become] the recognized center of gravity for Linux and the central body dedicated to accelerating the use of Linux for enterprise computing"[7]. In January 2007, Open Source Development Lab came together with the [|Free Standards Group] to create the [|Linux Foundation]. Linus Torvalds and his family now live in Portland, Oregon where Torvalds continues to work on the [|Linux Kernel] and OSDL.

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 * The Linux Foundation**

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 * Interview with Linus Torvalds**

1. Linux Linus Torvalds [|Bio] 2,3, 4,7.The [|Linux Information Project Bio] 5.Revolution OS [|movie] 6. Quote from [|Git website]

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